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My Father L K Advani

'There is a song that fits my father. It is from the Dev Anand film Hum Dono, which goes Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya...' IMAGE: Pratibha Advani hugs her father Lal Kishenchand Advani......

Noida kidnapping: Anant is back home

Adobe India CEO Naresh Gupta talks to media persons after his kidnapped son Anant (centre) was rescued on November 17. Police sources said Anant was rescued from the Noida-Bulandsahr border.......

Remembering Dr Ambedkar

The nation today remembered Dr B R Amedkar, architect of the Indian constitution, on his 50th death anniversary.Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and a number of......

First Look: Sonia re-elected Congress Prez

Sonia Gandhi was on Saturday formally re-elected as Congress president with the party's Central Election Authority announcing her unopposed election.CEA chairperson Oscar Fernandes made the formal......

Tandon takes over as new CEC

B B Tandon (right, with formerElection Commissioner N Gopalaswamy)took over as the new Chief Election Commissioner on Monday.The 64-year-old officer, from the 1965 Indian Administrative Service......

Medicare services should be cost-effective: Kalam

Underlining the need for developing cost-effective Medicare services, former President APJ Abdul Kalamsaid on Monday all research should reach the masses in the form of medicines and vaccines. "The......

Apple unveils new desktop range

Apple on Tuesday launched a latest version of its operating system for desktops and servers in India."Mac OS X version 10.4 'Tiger' has more than 200 new features including desktop search......

Rs 21 lakh Ganesha watch from Bovet!

Swiss watch major Bovet is now in India. The premium watch company will launch a 39 mm watch with a hand-painted blue and rust Ganesha image on a white dial. The Rs 21 lakh (Rs 2.1 million) watch......

Wal-Mart deputy chief gets feel of Indian retail

With his Mumbai sojourn,Wal-Mart Vice-Chairman Michael Duke gave enough signals that Wal-Mart is testing waters before it actually enters the organised retail in India. Duke arrived in the city on......

Key to Lalu's success story

The going was not all that smooth for Railway Minister Lalu Yadav, who has received fulsome praise from various quarters for his turnaround of the Railways, as he addressed a group of students from......

First Look: 36 China Town

Shahid Kapoor sure takes his work seriously.The actor is presently down with conjunctivitis, but he still reported on the sets of Abbas-Mastan's new film, 36 China Town.The film, produced by......

Karisma, hubby make a pretty frame

Karisma Kapoor's marriage troubles seem to have blown over.The actress' husband Sanjay Kapur had filed a case against her inAugust, forbiding her to take their seven-month-old daughter Samaira out......

First look: Indian Idols reunite

Time for a reunion.After the rousing success enjoyed by the finalists of Sony Television's Indian Idol, winner Abhijeet Sawant (top row, centre) joins his fellow Idol folk for the first time since......

Mira Nair, Farhan Akhtar to make films on AIDS

Top moviemakers Mira Nair (centre), Farhan Akhtar, Santosh Sivan (left) and Vishal Bhardwaj (right) joined hands to make short but 'informative and entertaining' films on HIV-AIDS in a bid to......

Kher seeks the Mahatma's blessings

Anupam Kher and Urmilla Matondkar, accompanied by director Jahnu Barua, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, seeking his blessings before the release of Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara next week.They......

Khetrapal may file defamation suit

Businessman Aushim Khetrapalsayshe iscontemplating filinga defamation suit against New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming, whohas allegedly accused him of offering money to join a match-fixing......

President optimistic of hockey team doing well

The Indian hockey team received a confidence boost on Fridayfrom none other thanPresidentA P J Abdul Kalam, who expressedhope that the team would win a medal in the Athens Olympics next year.For......

Jeev makes fine start

Jeev Milkha Singh, the torchbearer of Indian golf, produced a magical display in difficult conditions to shoot a six-under 66 round on the opening day of the US$-300,000 Hero Honda Masters, the......

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